# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.15.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.15.4

οἱ δὲ ταῦτα κελεύοντες ἄλλως πως τὰς αἰτίας λέγουσι· φασὶ γὰρ τοῦτο δεῖν ἐν τῇ θερμῇ καὶ λεπτῇ καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πρωῒ ποιεῖν ὅπως τὸ ὕδωρ εἰς τὰ καιριώτατα τῶν κλημάτων ἔλθῃ καὶ ἔχῃ τροφὴν ἐν τῷ θέρει· τὰς δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς ἐφύδροις ἢ ὅσα τῶν γενῶν ὑβριστικὰ τοῦ ἦρος ὅπως διεσκεδασμένου τοῦ ὑγροῦ καὶ τμηθείσης ἐν ὥρᾳ τοῦτ᾽ ἀπορρυῇ. διὰ γὰρ τὸ πλῆθος οὐ πεττούσας τοῦθ᾽ ὑβρίζειν ἄλλως καὶ ἐκκληματοῦσθαι. φυτοῖς δ᾽ οὖσι τοῖς τοιούτοις καὶ ἐπισπείρειν ἐπὶ τὰ ἄνδηρα δεῖ κριθὰς καὶ κυάμους ἐπειδὴ ταῦτα ξηραντικώτατα πάντων.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.